Trenton Mayor Tony Mack has made a trip to the nationís capitol the week before the presidentís inauguration, and itís unclear whether heís violated a condition of his bail agreement.

Sources who asked to remain anonymous said they saw the embattled mayor and aide Tony Roberts at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington on Thursday.

As a condition of his bail, along with a $150,000 unsecured bond, Mack was not supposed to leave the Garden State. Mack was indicted on federal corruption charges last month, and will be tried in June.

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Sources said the during the introduction at the U.S. Association of Mayors conference, Mack stood up and announced his presence as a representative of Trenton. The conference, at the Capitol Hilton, will run through Saturday.

Mackís attorney, Mark Davis, said he did not know where his client was. He said any permissions about his release would need to be handled by the Pretrial Services Agency and that would not involve his attorney.

ďThatís solely between the defendant and Pretrial Services,Ē he said.

Representatives from the Pretrial Services agency declined comment, saying they do not provide information about individual cases to the public.

Spokesman for the U.S. Attorneysí Office Matthew Reilly said he did not have information from Pretrial Services and the agency would not inform prosecutors if a defendant had received permission to leave the state.

The website for the conference listed Tony Mack as one of more than 270 pre-registered attendees. The link from the conference website for his biography on the city website was broken.

Trenton Business Administrator Sam Hutchinson did not respond to a phone call to his office. Roberts did not respond to a call to his cell phone.

Councilman George Muschal said the council did not approve any funds to send the mayor to the conference. He said he did not know about any trip.

ďIt doesnít surprise me. He just does what he wants; heís a man who just does what he wants,Ē he said.